K.C. Keeler
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Sam Houston State |
| Conference | Southland |
| Record | 33–9 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
July 26, 1959 Emmaus, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1980 | Delaware |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1985 | Amherst (assistant) |
| 1986–1992 | Rowan (assistant) |
| 1993–2001 | Rowan |
| 2002–2012 | Delaware |
| 2014–present | Sam Houston State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 207–82–1 |
| Tournaments | 21–7 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 17–7 (NCAA D-I-AA/FCS playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 NCAA Division I-AA national (2003) 4 NJAC (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001) 2 A-10 (2003–2004) 1 CAA (2010) 2 Southland (2014, 2016) |
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| Awards | |
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Eddie Robinson Award (2016) AFCA Coach of the Year (2010) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2010) |
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Kurt Charles "K. C." Keeler (born July 26, 1959) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Sam Houston State University. He was the head football coach at the University of Delaware from 2002 to 2012. Keeler served as the head football coach at Rowan University from 1993 to 2001. His 2003 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens squad won the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship, and returned to the Division I Championship game in 2007 and 2010.
Keeler played high school football at Emmaus High School in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. He went on to play collegiate football at the University of Delaware, where he was a linebacker from 1978 to 1980 under coach Tubby Raymond. He was a member of the 1979 Division II National Championship squad.
In 1980, Keeler signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He was one of the last players released during the 1980 pre-season. He later earned tryouts again with the Eagles (1982–83) and with the United States Football League's Philadelphia Stars (1983) and Jacksonville Bulls (1984).
Keeler began his coaching career as an assistant at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1981 and then at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey in 1986. He became Rowan head coach in the 1993 season, ending his tenure in 2001 with an 88–21–1 (.804) record and seven NCAA Division III playoff appearances. He was, however, 0–5 in NCAA Division III Football Championship Stagg Bowls at Rowan, losing by an average of 42.4 to 18.4.
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